GIB.A vs. SFTC, SUM, CTS, ALYA, PTG, QUIS, SEB, PVT, BNXA, and DM
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include Softchoice (SFTC), Solium Capital (SUM), Converge Technology Solutions (CTS), Alithya Group (ALYA), Pivot Technology Solutions (PTG), Quisitive Technology Solutions (QUIS), Smart Employee Benefits (SEB), Pivotree (PVT), Banxa (BNXA), and Datametrex AI (DM). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
CGI (TSE:GIB.A) and Softchoice (TSE:SFTC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
CGI has a net margin of 11.37% compared to Softchoice's net margin of 5.21%. Softchoice's return on equity of 93.93% beat CGI's return on equity.
70.2% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Softchoice shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of CGI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Softchoice shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CGI has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Softchoice has a beta of -0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than Softchoice. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Softchoice, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CGI had 1 more articles in the media than Softchoice. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CGI and 1 mentions for Softchoice. Softchoice's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat CGI's score of 0.30 indicating that Softchoice is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CGI received 643 more outperform votes than Softchoice when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave Softchoice an outperform vote.
CGI presently has a consensus price target of C$161.27, suggesting a potential upside of 19.83%. Softchoice has a consensus price target of C$21.83, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. Given Softchoice's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Softchoice is more favorable than CGI.
Summary
CGI beats Softchoice on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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